I recommend reading up on the actual history of chiropractic ... I've seen articles that seem to make it clear that it was long con right from the start.
replyI acknowledge that this is not the only view on the history.
Its a con that is trying very hard to become legitimate.
replyChiros started as a scam, continued as a scam, and are now a widely accepted scam. The legit work they do is often just physical therapy.
Just go to a physical therapist.
Its such a scam that professional sports teams all hire chiropractors to work on the bodies they invest millions of dollars into each year.
replyIt's a con like osteopathic "medicine". D.O. should be shunned and rejected because it's pretending to be legitimate and/or legitimized.
replyDOs are sorta weird in the US. They go to real medical school for 4 years like MDs and practice actual licensed medicine at the same level as an MD. They can even call themselves physicians.
replyNon DO osteopaths are not trained with any sort of scientifically backed curriculum.
I have a cousin who is a DO (in the US). It seems like it's basically an out to get effectively an MD with a slightly lower bar for admission.
replyOnce you're in the program, it's basically the same as an MD program, and then you go through residency programs on an equal basis with MDs.
“You have a fever because of the ghosts in your bones”
replyChiropratic can help with pain, but not for the claimed reasons. Studies show it's as efficacious as massage therapy. I believe the same is true of cupping. Insurers increasingly cover these sorts of therapies, and primary's increasingly prescribe them, because they're cheaper than a real doctor's time, especially a specialist's, and the patient is more likely to feel better than if they were subjected to a long diagnostic gauntlet with an inconclusive end.
replyI have difficulty breathing sometimes but when bones were adjusted on my back, it was an instant relief, breathing like I have never experienced for a very long time that I almost forgot. Effortless and deep.
replyIf a chiropractor could adjust something by pushing on your bone, imagine what tripping and falling would do.
replyTripping and falling can mess you up for a long time. And I don't mean broken bones.
replyJust tripping a bit messed up my SI joint pretty bad a few years back. It didn't even seem serious at the time, just a bit of a stumble off of the curb, but the next day I could barely get out of bed and was in pretty serious pain for several days. Couldn't go up stairs and had a tough time getting my pants on. Still acts up sometimes.
replySo can a chiropractor!
replyI think that's the joke?
replyThere is a chain of clinics here called "Emergency Chiropractic" and they advertise how they take insurance and get your adverse diagnosis fast, fast, fast.
replyhttps://youtu.be/kOzwC5j7UkA?si=sHdHJzzEdn-E2a_N
And their mascot is literally a duck! I think it took me ten years to figure out the quack part here!
It's surprising that it's not common knowledge that "Chiropractic" is not medicine, nor a science, and the field is associated with vaccine misinformation and unproven supplements.
replySadly many universities offer degrees with chiropractic being a major part.
replyOsteopathy makes even bolder claims for similar shit and has been legitimized into the medical community as "equal" to medical doctors.
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